On Tuesday, the Lower Sixth politics class were given the opportunity to visit the UK Supreme Court in Westminster.

The workshop was a great introduction to the Judiciary branch and taught us a lot about the inner workings of the higher courts. Much to our surprise the Supreme Court in the UK is actually younger than most of the lower sixth and was only made independent in 2009. At the workshop we learnt about the reforms made to the judiciary such as the replacement of lords with selected judges, the differences between civil and criminal courts and how the privy council handles commonwealth cases with the extra bonus of being able to sit in the very chairs of the Supreme Court judges. After doing our own mock criminal case, we visited the Supreme Courts archive collection which gave us some further historical background about the courts.

Our trip to the Supreme Court was not only an enriching supplement to our politics education but also hugely inspiring, with the artwork displayed in the court highlighting the progression of women in law, and the future influence of female judges to come – hopefully some of which will be FHS girls! Overall making it a great day for LVI politics.

Honor T, Lower Sixth